The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-04-23
THE YAZOO DELTA.
vidst Discusses Its Topography. Resources
and Needs.
LELAND, April, 1887.

hNbi APAhi Aoos'
The Levy problem has Bin the
all absorben Qusten for the past
80 years. Its failyers, disapont.
ments. Thare is a Remedy. Ma
tuer has staked out the Assoc
Delta, one of the finest bodys of
land in the United States, or prob
ly in the world with moast perfect
natuerl chanels of draneg that can
be devised. This surpases all the
skid ingenearing. Take from Nom
coner to Memphis, and from tbare |
to Vicksburg. Ever streem of
waterways exccp one, and that is
Mckinney bayou in Tunaca county
and that we're empted back thru
White Oak bayou buy means of a
camel in 1856; all the balence of
the waterways emptys in Coalwa-
ter and Assoc river from Noncon.
er to Vicksberg. In concidering
the Delta it fixes it upon ever
Rashnul mind that natuer gave
this charmed spot nowend as the
Assoc Delta, Datuerl draneg. The
waterways should be opend, clear.
ed of logs, at least 3 cutoffs made
from Greenvllle to Bolliver Land
ing. l am eyewitnes to the affect
that ware produced buy Bell pont
cutoff now nowend as Lake Lee.
The fall from that cutoff ware at
Greenville 10 inches. The differ.
ence IN the rise at Leota, s miles
below, ware only about | inch,
and that ware only Temporarily,
soon seteld back. For the good of
the cuntry the waterways should
be cep clean for cinutary perposes.
In addition to cutoffs by all means
make outlets, say Bever Dam in
Tunaca county. Assoc Pass, Sla.
ger bayou, Hushpucny, Concorday
Lake Bolliver, Black bayou. We
will peep across to Acansas. We
will start at Cypress creek, opslt
Catfish point. Arkensaw has her
mason, Louisiana has her tensaw,
Willow bayou, roundeway. From
Cypress creek to the Black river
bacon thare is no streem or
water dranes into the Miss river,
a distenc of over 800 miles. Ma.
tuer did sumthing thare. l ware
toald buy Levy Board ofiicel
sum time agow that natuer meyer
did make a cutoff. Bee that as it
may they have bin made. Natuer
or the aBorgenes or Beever or
sumthin elce made them. AS long
as by officials stands and peeps
threw thar eyeglasses at the hor.
rizon we are gowiDg to be over.
flowed. From present indication
it would seem that thear is agow-
ing to Bee q effert made to hav
the protectiv eye of the Levy
Board to take q peep at GreenviIle
Harber; when it is strange that
that long seeing ey could not hav
saved the broken banks of Deer
creek at the Calhoun Place. Sew
eral crivases made by protection
levy all saw. Moment, a deep cri.
vas by a protection levy at the
CARMEL plantation, east of Stone
vile a regular gulf washed threw
bank very near as deep as the
channel of Deer creek. From any
brake that would ocur anywhear
in the forks of the creek this eoun.
try east of Deer creek would be
a loss to the Levy Board to from
5 to ten thousand dollars; and il
thoas banks war restoard it would
practly not be dameged but
very slitely. Deer creek will con
troll any brake of reasonable sise
We now of what we are saying
for in 1862 at Eastlen's place thai
ware a nine foot levy break ; thu
country not hert until the stak,
levy imbankment Civ way. l
would not cost the Levy BoarC
more than say from 3 to four thou
sand dollars; the peopel east o
Deer creek neads the broker
banks restord. The ey of sum o
! the members has bin called to this
7 war first on the Assoc Delta II
' 1849; meyer war content until
made it my permanent hoam. Ma
tuer has done 40 much for thi
cuntry we natuerlY think that thu
Levy officials can protect the cum
try. call the attention of th'
publeck to the items from nov
motiv only for the good Of th'
pnblick. yIDET-
Close cash buyers should see q
before bnyIng. We HlII save tAen